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Mme Cholet, Clare de la loon
Ten years. Seems like a thousand years. I met this crazy loon called Clare at the end of the Autumn term in 2005, we hit it off. Loops...


Spotlight: Feather and Nest
There was much excitement when our stylish and jolly friends announced they were going to open a shop, so when the brown paper comes off...


When I was your age, revisited
The girls have all got back into their routine but it's all change as one has a job, one is starting her GCSE years and one is in her...


Plants and pompoms
I'm notoriously bad with houseplants, I have every good intention but then I just forget and they end up looking like a bad case of "when...
Another new term, again
I worked out this morning that since 2003 I have done back to school / new term 89 times, by the time Laree finishes school I wil have...
Gaining a friend and losing weight
Last December I met someone who has helped me to change my life, my habits and my lifestyle. Gemma Sims came along to the Reading Rockets...
Review : Bare Biomass : Al fresco entertaining
Al fresco entertaining is one of the great joys of the summer. As much as I love a cuppa in my kitchen or dining room it's the garden...
Qcumber
I do love the summer with the promise of longer evening and lazy impromptu lunches in the garden, but I am equally at home in winter when...
Somewhere to stay
I like nothing better than heading off at a moment's notice for impromptu get togethers with friends, there's something so "Island of...
Maximum concurrent actvity
Looking at a pile of clothes just dumped on the floor made me rage, well not massive rage but just enough rage to fire the burning desire...





